By Erin Harney
alabamanewscenter.com
In the recently released “From Marion to Montgomery: The Early Years of Alabama State University, 1867-1925,” author Joseph Caver brings to light new information about the founding in a detailed history of one of the country’s earliest historically black universities.
Caver is a former senior archivist at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, a history lecturer at Alabama State University (ASU) and he was the first Black archivist at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Caver’s interest in researching his alma mater began during graduate school, while working at the state archives.
From Marion to Montgomery sheds new light on the founding, history of Alabama State University
By Erin Harney
February 26, 2021
Lincoln School in Marion, Perry County, c. 1870-1899. The Lincoln School was one of the first institutions established for the education of African Americans after the Civil War. (Lincoln Normal School, Brantley Collection, Samford University Library, D-000108)
In the recently released “From Marion to Montgomery: The Early Years of Alabama State University, 1867-1925,” author Joseph Caver brings to light new information about the founding in a detailed history of one of the country’s earliest historically black universities.
Caver is a former senior archivist at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, a history lecturer at Alabama State University (ASU) and he was the first Black archivist at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.